2 Reyes 11:20

20 Toda la gente del reino se alegró, y la ciudad estaba tranquila porque Atalía había sido ejecutada en el palacio del rey.

2 Reyes 11:20 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 11:20

And all the people of the land rejoiced
That one of the house of David was set upon the throne, which they might fear was extinct, as it very near was; the lamp of David was almost quenched, only this single life left, from whom a line of kings proceeded, and the King Messiah; the promise of God cannot fail see ( Psalms 132:11 Psalms 132:17 ) , this occasioned great joy:

and the city was quiet:
was very easy at, yea, pleased with, the dethroning and death of Athaliah; there was no tumult on account thereof, nor such disturbances as she occasioned in her life:

and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house;
as related in ( 2 Kings 11:16 ) where she was buried, or what became of her carcass, is not said; some have thought she was cast into the brook Kidron, because Josephus says ^F8 Jehoiada ordered her to be had into that valley, and there slain.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Antiqu. l. 9. c. 7. sect. 3.

2 Reyes 11:20 In-Context

18 Así que toda la gente fue al templo de Baal y entre todos lo destruyeron; demolieron los altares, hicieron pedazos los ídolos y mataron a Matán, el sacerdote de Baal, frente a los altares.
El sacerdote Joiada puso guardias en el templo del Señor
.

19 Después los comandantes, los mercenarios cariteos, los guardias del palacio y toda la gente del reino escoltaron al rey desde el templo del Señor
; pasaron por la puerta de la guardia y entraron al palacio, y el rey se sentó en el trono real.

20 Toda la gente del reino se alegró, y la ciudad estaba tranquila porque Atalía había sido ejecutada en el palacio del rey.

21 Joás
tenía siete años cuando subió al trono.